What does homeland mean?

Definitions for homeland
ˈhoʊmˌlænd, -ləndhome·land

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word homeland.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native landnoun

    the country where you were born

Wiktionary

  1. homelandnoun

    One's country of residence.

  2. homelandnoun

    One's country of birth.

  3. homelandnoun

    The traditional territory of an ethnic group.

  4. homelandnoun

    An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.

Wikipedia

  1. Homeland

    A homeland is a place where a cultural, national, or racial identity has formed. The definition can also mean simply one's country of birth. When used as a proper noun, the Homeland, as well as its equivalents in other languages, often has ethnic nationalist connotations. A homeland may also be referred to as a fatherland, a motherland, or a mother country, depending on the culture and language of the nationality in question.

Freebase

  1. Homeland

    A homeland is the concept of the place to which an ethnic group holds a long history and a deep cultural association with —the country in which a particular national identity began. As a common noun, it simply connotes the country of one's origin. When used as a proper noun, the word, as well as its equivalents in other languages often have ethnic nationalist connotations. A homeland may also be referred to as a fatherland, a motherland, or a mother country, depending on the culture and language of the nationality in question.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. homeland

    The physical region that includes the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, United States possessions and territories, and surrounding territorial waters and airspace.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of homeland in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of homeland in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of homeland in a Sentence

  1. Anita McBride:

    It's crucial to homeland and American security abroad that there be a seamless inter-agency process at the National Security Council.

  2. Ted Cruz:

    The Senate Democrats who are filibustering Department of Homeland Security funding should look hard at this ruling. At a time when we face grave national security threats, at home and abroad, it is the height of irresponsibility for the Democrats to block this funding in an extreme attempt to save Obama's amnesty, which a federal judge has just declared illegal.

  3. Chad Wolf:

    As President Trump’s Acting Secretary for Homeland Security, I am proud to endorse Gino Campana for U.S. Senate.

  4. United States:

    Why not shoot Western Mindanao down ? We have to do the risk-reward here, so the first question is, does it pose a threat, a physical kinetic threat, to individuals in United States in the United States homeland ? Our assessment is it does not. Does it pose a threat to civilian aviation ? Our assessment is it does not. Does it pose a significantly enhanced threat on the intelligence side ? Our best assessment right now is that it does not. So given that profile, we assess the risk of downing it, even if the probability is low in a sparsely populated area of the debris falling and hurting someone or damaging property, that it was n’t worth it.

  5. Maria Lozbin:

    My husband had wanted to come back to his homeland all his life, he came back when it was all closed here, when it was prohibited to come here. He crossed through barbed wire.

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